Sherman Zhao, MD, PhD Cancer as an interaction of macro- and micro-evolutionary process It has been well established that environmental factors such as air, water, food, and other chemicals we live with in this world constitute the evolutionary dynamic. This could be viewed as the macro-environment in which the humanContinue Reading
Jaung-Geng Lin, MD, PhD Pei-Chi Chou, MD, MS Graduate Institute of Chinese Medical Science, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan ABSTRCT Since thousands of years ago, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been the guardian of people’s health, also an important force for social stability in China despiteContinue Reading
Jack He, MD, MSc, RAc Canadian Integrative Cancer Therapies Association Cancer cachexia is a manifestation that results in malnutrition in patients and causes poor quality of life and affect chances of survival due to loss of weight, muscle atrophy, fatigue, weakness, and significant loss of appetite. Some factors that resultContinue Reading
Jack He MD, MSc, RAc Canadian Integrative Cancer Therapies Association Why human beings are losers in fighting against cancer? Why the current anticancer drugs have little therapeutic effect? We believe that the main reason could be related to several factors, such as the genetic instability and non-homogeneity of tumor cells,Continue Reading
Yufei Yang1*, Jianzhong Ge 1, Yu Wu1, Yun Xu1, Zhongning Guo1, Jianbin Wang1, Jianping Liu 2 1 Department of Oncology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing (100091) 2 Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing (100091) In recent 10 years, a prospective cohort studyContinue Reading
Steven Tucker, MD (USA), FACP (USA) Prostate cancer is one of the most common causes of death in American men and is now the most rapidly increasing tumor in Singaporean men. In the 1980s, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test was introduced and has been widely used as a screening toolContinue Reading
Zhiguo Zhao, PhD Department of Acupuncture and Massage, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050091 P. R. China The incidence of malignant cancer is increasing gradually in recent years, and cancer has become as a major risk for human well-being. According to WHO updated statistics, an estimated 80 to 100 million cancerContinue Reading
Daihan Zhou Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510405 Translated by Eran Even Email: eraneven@hotmail.com Cancer comprises more than 100 kinds of diseases, seriously endangers human health and can affect almost every aspect of the human body. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history of identifying andContinue Reading
A Music Therapy Program for Women with Breast Cancer* 1 Barbara L. Wheeler, PhD . 2 Inka Weissbecker, PhD . 3 Paige Robbins Elwafi, MMT . 4 Carolina Salvador, MD 1 School of Music, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2 Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA 3 Cincinnati, OHContinue Reading
Sherman Zhao, MD, PhD WHAT CONSTITUTES SUPPORT THERAPY? Most oncology professionals agree that support is a multidimensional construct encompassing provision of therapeutic agents, information, emotional support, material aid, and services. Supportive measures that could improve quality of life include the use of biologically based therapies (erythropoiesis stimulation agents (ESA), G-CSF,Continue Reading